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United States: Moth eyes inspire more efficient thin-film solar cells
Published at May 20, 2013
source: Treehugger
Researchers at North Carolina State University are looking to biomimicry to solve one of thin-film solar technology's biggest problems: light reflection between films that causes... -
United States: Clever MIT floating wind turbines can store power for when the wind doesn't blow
Published at Apr 30, 2013
source: Treehugger
At first glance, their system might look like a regular offshore wind farm. But what happens beneath the surface is what makes all the difference,... -
United States: DOE Announces Long-Life Battery to Help Integrate Renewable into the Grid
Published at Apr 26, 2013
source: Renew Grid Mag
The U.S. Department of Energy(DOE) says that researchers from its SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University have designed a low-cost, long-life "flow"... -
United States: 10 Essential Smart Grid Trends To Watch
Published at Apr 17, 2013
source: Renew Grid Mag
In a new white paper, Navigant Research has identified 10 key trends that the company says will shape global smart grid investment this... -
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United States: Breakthrough in Hydrogen Fuel Production Could Revolutionize Alternative Energy Market
Published at Apr 9, 2013
source: Renewable Energy World
A team of Virginia Tech researchers has discovered a way to extract large quantities of hydrogen from any plant, a breakthrough that has the potential... -
United States: Engineering and technology students create renewable energy device, to be installed on campus by end of April
Published at Apr 2, 2013
source: Central Michigan Life
Central Michigan University engineering and technology students are building an energy-harvesting device that will be used to power a temperature display in front of... -
United States: TREES USED TO CREATE RECYCLABLE, EFFICIENT SOLAR CELL
Published at Mar 27, 2013
source: Georgia Tech Newsroom
Georgia Institute of Technology and Purdue University researchers have developed efficient solar cells using natural substrates derived from plants such as trees. Just as importantly,... -
United States: New Solar-cell Design Based On Dots and Wires
Published at Mar 26, 2013
source: Renewable Energy World
Using exotic particles called quantum dots as the basis for a photovoltaic cell is not a new idea, but attempts to make such devices have... -
United States: Solar cells 'hairy' with nanowires could push back efficiency limits
Published at Mar 25, 2013
source: Treehugger
Researchers at the Niels Bohr Institute in Denmark and the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland have shown that nanowires- cylindrical... -
United States: Study of Peach Genome May Help Improve Plant Biomass Yield for Biofuels
Published at Mar 25, 2013
source: Azo Cleantech
Rapidly growing trees like poplars and willows are candidate “biofuel crops” from which it is expected that cellulosic ethanol and higher energy content fuels can...
